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Population (year 2000): 678. Estimated
population in July 2005: 646 (-4.7% change)
Males: 321 (47.3%), Females: 357 (52.7%)
Lawrence County
Zip code:
16157
Median resident age: 41.8 years
Median household income: $29,205 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,100 (year 2000)
Races in Wampum:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
- Black (1.8%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (31.4%), Italian (22.9%),
Irish (20.6%), Scotch-Irish (8.3%), Polish (7.7%), United States
(7.7%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wampum
- High school or higher: 74.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 5.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wampum borough
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 50.7%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 15.6%
- Divorced: 11.8%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +13 (+2.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wampum:
- ELLWOOD CITY HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; ELLWOOD CITY,
PA)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL OF NEW CASTLE (about 8 miles;
NEW CASTLE, PA)
- JAMESON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; NEW
CASTLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wampum:
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 30 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
- YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN REGIONAL (about 34 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, OH; ID: YNG)
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 48 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wampum:
- BEAVER COUNTY (about 9 miles; BEAVER FALLS, PA; ID:
BVI)
- NEW CASTLE MUNI (about 10 miles; NEW CASTLE, PA; ID:
UCP)
- ZELIENOPLE MUNI (about 15 miles; ZELIENOPLE, PA; ID:
8G7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wampum:
- GENEVA COLLEGE (about 9 miles; BEAVER FALLS, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,059)
- SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 23
miles; SLIPPERY ROCK, PA; FT enrollment: 6,399)
- YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN, OH; FT enrollment: 9,726)
- GROVE CITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; GROVE CITY, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,306)
- ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE (about 29 miles; MOON
TOWNSHIP, PA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 37
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 39
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
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